Share via Share via... Twitter Facebook Pinterest × Terrace- Kitsumgallum Cemetery Terrace, British Columbia, Canada Kitsumgallum Cemetery aka: Terrace “Pioneer Cemetery” Sign at the Entrance On the front is the history of the Cemetery on the reverse of the sign is a great map of the Cemetery showing names and plots where they are buried. Next visit to the Cemetery will try and photograph this map. Floyd Frank and Ivan Frank sell some of their Dairy Farm land, to the Cemetery Board Map drawn by Fred Nash, surveyor View of the Cemetery from the Parking Lot Headstones in Surname Alphabetical Order Debra Anne Andrews b- ca 1956 d- 1956 Amy Gertrude Best b- 1920 d- 1946 daughter of William Little George H. Best b- 1921 d- 2003 Georgie David Best b- 1952 d- 2001 George Wilfred Bissonnette b- 1897 d- 1964 Jeanne Irene “Jean” Bissonnette, nee Daniel b- 1898 d- 1956 wife of George Robert James Boyd b- d- 1950 Jack Cameron Bremner b- 1950 d- 1953 Thomas Brooks b- 1860 d- 1936 Adeline Brooks, nee Watts b- 1867 d- 1961 Elsie Hipp Cairns b- 1921 d- 2001 Wladislaw Ciszek b- 1902 d- 1940 William Jay “Bill” Coburn b- 1919 d- 1962 Jean “Jeannie” Coburn, nee Dutka b- 1928 d- 2008 Wife of William Coburn William Frederick “Bill” Coburn b- 1950 d- 1989 Ronald Ernest Cole b- 1920 d- 1947 Joseph Cote b- 1863 d- 1940 Marie “Georgina” Cote, nee Rouleau b- 1863 d- 1953 wife of Joseph Jean Babtiste Desjardins b- 1879 d- 1946 Odelide Desjardins, nee Pelland b- 1885 d- 1948 John “Johhny” Dmuchacz b- 1942 d- 1959 Ronald Bickersteth Durrant b- 1902 d- 1931 George Olaf Dybhavn b- 1917 d- 1961 Sophia Dye, nee Reap b- 1874 d- 1953 widow of John Dye Floyd Forester Frank b- 1904 d- 2002 Ivan Rudolph Frank b- 1903 d- 1966 Roy F. Fredrickson b- 1887 d- 1946 Herman Froese b- 1887 d- 1956 Marie Froese, nee Kilbeka (alt- Kebelka) b- 1880 d- 1958 David Graf b- 1907 d- 1962 Katharina “Kay” “Katie” Graf, nee Hubert b- 1913 d- 1995 Virginia Greer b- 1897 d- 1958 Frederick Milford Hall b- 1880 d- 1950 Cassie May Hall, nee Bailey b- 1897 d- 1958 wife of Frederick Cassie Hall School named after this lady Frances M. Olson b- 1925 d- 1999 Arthur John Harris b- 1906 d- 1978 Mary Gertrude Harris, nee Olson b- 1922 d- 1981 wife of Arthur Christian “Chris” Haugland b- 1894 d- 1975 Haugland Ave. Terrace, named after this family Eva Elsa Haugland, nee Osborne b- 1890 d- 1979 Their daughter Mamie Eva Emily Haugland was born in 1922, in SK, She married Fred Kirby. Mamie Kirby and her husband Fred Kirby were instrumental in forming the Terrace Regional Museum (Historical) Society. She came to Terrace in 1925 with her family. Mamie Kirby was a well respected Historian in the area. Anthony Julius Hipp b- 1916 d- 1975 Allene Elizabeth McCardell Hipp, nee Martin b- 1920 d- 1965 wife of Anthony Olga Hipp b- 1919 d- 2003 Joseph Hipp b- 1918 d- 2004 George Hipp b- 1887 d- 1969 John Hipp b- 1932 d- 1999 Mary Magnelena Hipp, nee Kansky b- 1895 d- 1970 wife of George Helen Hipp Houghtaling b- 1925 d- 1997 Paul “Harry” Hoffman b- 1917 d- 1949 Paul Kurt Hoffman b- 1890 d- 1968 Toni Bertha Hoffman, nee Krausburg b- 1894 d- 1982 wife of Paul K. Hoffman Melvin Martin Holkestad b-1925 d- 2002 Mary Elizabeth Holkestad b- 1928 d- 1960 Sylvia Ida Helmi Hughes, nee Hill b- 1905 d- 1970 married Robert Hughes Oct 6, 1928 in Vancouver BC Robert Ezra Alexander Hughes b- June 16, 1906 Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada d- Nov 6, 1957 Moricetown, BC Father: John Alexander Hughes Mother: Jessie McConnell Grandfather: John Ezra Hughes Grandmother: Rebecca Wakeford Hughes Maternal Grandfather:William McConnell Maternal Grandmother:Mary Ann Huston McConnell A. W. Johnson b- 1885 d- 1942 A. Edith Kawinsky, nee Little b- 1922 d- 2000 Matthew Kawinsky b- 1922 d- 2009 Percy Job Kennedy b- 1902 d- 1959 Edward Tourtelotte Kenney aka- E. T. Kenney b- 1888 d- 1974 retired BC Govt. Lands and Forest Minister Janet “Leila” Kenney, nee Brooks b- 1895 d- 1988 wife of Edward Kenney St., Terrace, named after the E. T. Kenney family Leia Margaret Kenney alt- Leila Margaret Kenney b- 1918 d- 1936 Cynthia Rousso Kenney b- 1940 d- 1970 Walter Frick Konrad b- 1929 d- 1958 Guy Leclaire b- 1921 d- 1960 Rose Emma Leclerc b- 1898 d- 1962 Charles Victor “Carl” Lindstrom b- 1879 d- 1977 Emma Adeline Lindstrom, nee Bateman b- 1890 d- 1978 wife of Charles Victor Lindstrom Charles Edward “Charlie” Lindstrom b- 1910 d- 1938 son of Charles and Emma George Little b- 1878 d- 1955 Clara Little, nee Beste b- 1887 d- 1943 Founder of Terrace- George Little and his wife Dudley George Little b- 1914 d- 1972 ex MLA for Skeena New Skeena Bridge named after this man George G. S. Little b- 1942 d- 1962 Gordon Lindsay Little b- 1921 d- 1989 Constance Lofeudo, nee Panute b- 1901 d- 1960 Joseph Lofeudo b- 1893 d- 1974 James Beattie MacKay b- 1886 d- 1962 MacKay Family own the MacKay Funeral Home in Terrace Elizabeth Jane MacKay, nee Thompson b- 1895 d- 1984 wife of James Probably the nicest headstone I have ever seen! James “Jim” Thompson Mackay b- 1922 d- 2006 Rev. Thomas Jabez Marsh b- 1866 d- 1930 Leland Johnson McColl b- 1911 d- 1961 Mary Pearl McColl, nee Olson b- 1917 d- 1968 wife of Leland McColl Elizabeth S. McCubbin, nee Stevenson b- 1848 d- 1935 wife of John McCubbin Thomas Hazle McCubbin b- 1877 d- 1939 Elizabeth Shirra McCubbin, nee Dougall b- 1880 d- 1951 wife of Thomas Amy Dorrity McIntosh, nee Mcleod b- 1859 d- 1952 perm residence Prince Rupert Robert Leck McIntosh b- 1865 d- 1945 2nd Prince Rupert Postmaster Family of Felix and Margaret Jane Michaud Edward Felix Michaud b- Feb 5, 1864 d- June 14, 1928 Annie Michaud Kirkpatrick b- Mar 7, 1866 d- Oct 22, 1935 Frank William Michaud b- Aug 9, 1868 d- Feb 16, 1927 James Alfred Michaud b- Oct 31, 1870 d- Nov 11, 1945 Albert Rock Michaud b- Feb 1873 d- Nov 1933 Martin Miller b- 1889 d- 1968 Dr. Stanley Gordon Mills b- 1885 d- 1961 Mills Memorial Hospital named after this Doctor. Edith Jean Mills, nee Parker b- 1903 (1905?) d- 1961 wife of Dr. Mills Grace Eleanor Mitzimberg b- 1895 d- 1933 Joseph Leonard Molitor b- 1870 d- 1943 Molitor St. in Terrace, named after this family Effie May Molitor, nee Douglas b- 1889 d- 1963 wife of Joseph Pearl Robinson Nichols b- 1925 d- 1964 Elizabeth Louise Olson, nee Collins b- 1923 d- 2008 Knute Olson b- 1894 d- 1935 Thomas Beste Olson b- 1920 d- 2002 Arthur Otto Paulsen b- 1894 d- 1974 Caroline Theresa Paulsen, nee Hinger b- 1902 d- 1959 George Rance Place alt- George Ransome Place b- 1890 d- 1960 Catherine Jane Place, nee Thain b- 1896 d- 1979 wife of George Francesco Procaccini b- 1927 d- 1963 William Pruss b- 1905 d- 1961 Pauline Pruss, nee Sinishen (alt- Synyshyn) b- 1908 d- 1992 wife of William Edna Sande, nee Krog b- 1900 d- 1974 Ernest Cortland Sande b- 1899 d- 1990 Sande Overpass in Terrace named after this family Mr. Sande operated a sawmill where the overpass is located. John Christ Sande b- 1867 d- 1950 father of Ernest above Benjamin Felix Seymour Gwinaxnuutk b- 1892 d- 1968 Percy Ralph Skinner b- 1877 d- 1959 See Copper City Page Frederick A. Smith b- 1915 d- 1990 Helen M. Smith b- 1914 d- 1982 James Hamilton Smith b- 1901 d- 1959 Terry Smith b- 1946 d- 1960 Pearl Florence Soutar, nee Gramitser b- 1938 d- 1981 Rhoda Almina Sparkes b- 1873 d- 1957 William Charles Sparkes b- 1871 d- 1961 Sparks St. in Terrace, named after this family, without the e Earl Franklin Suttis b- 1915 d- 1984 Jean Gwendolyn Suttis b- 1916 d- 2001 Samuel J. Turner b- 1900 d- 1944 Samuel Jack Turner b- 1938 d- 1944 Amdolth Adeline Grace Turner b- 1921 d- 2007 Peter Zaporzan b- 1913 d- 1961 Photos taken May 9, 2014 by my daughter Amber Gent More pictures to come Military Graves in Kitsumgallum, “Terrace Pioneer” Cemetery Headstones Directions Note- there is also the Terrace Municipal Cemetery, which is located just north of the North-West Community College both cemeteries are only a few blocks apart. both are on Kalum Lake Rd, now known as the Nisga'a Highway. Pioneer Cemetery is on left, top of hill from Highway 16 Municipal Cemetery is on the right after McConnell Ave. EXT Links Note- NOT my sites! Yvonne Moen, Local Terrace Historian, gave a tour of the cemetery May 9, 2014. Yvonne, and Friends of the Cemetery (see below), have collected stories of these pioneers. They have printed a handout on the cemetery, and are asking for more information. My hat goes off to Yvonne for her research in local history. She deserves all the credit she gets. Others involved, from link below: Friends of the Cemetery from 2003 to 2004 included: Norma Morrison, Paulette McCullock, Aileen Frank, Julia Little, Irene Horne, Bev Bujtas, Sally Smaha, Heather Webb, Debbie Kennedy, Chuck Place, Bill Little, Leonard Lindstrom, Bill McRae, Bud Kirkaldy, Les Bryant, Gabriel Munson, Gordon Hamilton, Len Bruggerman, Bill McRae Jr., Jimmy McKenzie, Tom Harris, George Chinn, Emil Foresee and Yvonne Moen, Project Coordinator http://www.terracelibrary.ca/trhs/kitsumgallum.html Terrace Library Cemetery History report http://www.terracelibrary.ca/history1/kitsumgallum/kitsumgallum.html Index to the Cemetery http://alpobc1.20fr.com/Cemeteries/Terrace/Pioneer%20Cemetery/index.html Terrace- Rieberger Postcards Terrace- Aerial View, mid 1950's Terrace- Airport Terrace- Archive Photos Pg 1 Terrace- Archive Photos Pg 2 Terrace- Archive Photos Pg 3 Terrace- Braun's Island Terrace- Child Development Centre Terrace- Co-op Terrace- Cramer St. Terrace- Dairy History Terrace- Ferry Island Terrace- First Church Terrace- Fruit Growing Terrace- George Little House Terrace- Gordon & Anderson Ltd. 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